A tipping point
From the Appalachian mountains to the Outer Banks, North Carolina has been no stranger to change since 2008. For the first time in decades, North Carolina has become a key political state in the...
View ArticleNC senate embraces “common sense” in scientific sea-level rise debate
North Carolina’s legislators are claiming to promote common sense while confronting the threat of rising ocean levels along the state’s coast. The Senate committee on Agriculture, Environment and...
View Article96 miles, 23 letters, one man, one amendment
The morning after Amendment One passed in North Carolina on May 8, 2012, Randy Gillis went for a walk to clear his head. “It felt like North Carolina had changed overnight,” he said. “I felt like I...
View ArticleMount Olive church provides sense of stability to migrant workers
Haitian church leaders Erilus St. Sauveur and Paulette Bekolo of Raleigh were surprised to hear about the growing Haitian population in Mount Olive 18 months ago. They first heard about the immigrants...
View ArticleThe faces of the Haitian immigration
Mount Olive is a small town of 4,600 in eastern North Carolina. The town is mostly known as the home of the Mount Olive pickle company, or it was until a year and a half ago, when Haitian immigrants...
View ArticleQ&A on sea level rise basics
After a lengthy debate over whether the sea level on the North Carolina coast is rising, the legislature is expected to place a moratorium today on defining sea level rise until 2016. The reasoning for...
View ArticleThe lowdown on for-profit schools
For-profits schools have become the scapegoat for the growing concern about mounting student debt. Rapidly growing student populations have lead to an equally rapid growth in concern about the quality...
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Guide to campaign finance cash flow
Cries abound about the ever-increasing amount of money in politics. Despite the exposure given to campaign finance, how the money moves through the system and impacts elections remains a mystery to...
View ArticleThe good, the bad and the just plain weird of political advertisements
Political advertising is the single largest expenditure during the election season. According to the Campaign Media Analysis Group and the Washington Post, $246.2 million has already been spent on...
View ArticleReady to Retire
My father has been a proud member of the workforce for most of his adult life. A self-professed late bloomer, he didn’t settle into his current profession until he was 37. He is part of the baby boom...
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